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Lorca clears the way for charity bingo within city limits

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Lorca council has established a framework within which charity bingo can legally be played within city limits. An OAP club was recently visited by police and inspectors after it organised a weekly fun bingo. The Mayor was somewhat outraged and Stepped In. He’s now negotiated a framework with the Murcian tax office clarifying the rules. In short, your club can now organise a weekly not-for-profit bingo, in which all winnings are returned to the players, Continue reading Lorca clears the way for charity bingo within city limits→

Argentina’s gambling king is from Almería

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Interesting fact of the day: The owner of Argentina’s largest gambling consortium (he owns casinos, slot machines, etc), Cristóbal López, is originally from Almería, after his parents moved to Argentina in search of a better life during the dictatorship days. He the major shareholder and family member of the founder of Compañía Internacional de Recreativos S.A. (Cirsa), Manuel Lao Hernández, who was a lorry driver until his best friend Néstor Kirchner became President. All of which Continue reading Argentina’s gambling king is from Almería→